Legal Opinion
Givaudan Delawanna, Inc. v. Blijdendijk
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 8, 1950PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
This suit is for damage to a shipment of Java citronella oil originating in Java and moving from Rotterdam to New York on respondent’s ship, the S. S. Blijdendijk. Libelant alleges that the drums of oil were wrongly carried on deck by the respondent ; that they should have been stowed under deck; and that as a result the shipment was “short, slack and seriously damaged and impaired in value”.
Respondent’s answer to the libel alleges a right to carry the goods on deck by a provision in the bill of lading covering the shipment (Article 5) and by custom (Article…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- G. W. Sheldon & Co. v. Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-GesellschaftCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1928
- The Isla de PanayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
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